Moving files from SSD to HDD goes very slow

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Hey guys,

I have installed zorin os yestreday and finally got everything installed and working today.

Now I was moving some files from the internal SSD format ext4 to my external HDD format ntfs
95% of the time the hard drive is plugged into the PC.
Other 5% is another windows computer (family) and the television.

I've noticed the speed of the tranfer is extremely slow. (slower then download speeds even)

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I've checked with the system monitor and don't see anything special everything is like 10% used?
On windows this process would be over in like 10-20 seconds. (which it always has)

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Can anyone help me find a reason why this is going so slow?
I've read things about not enough RAM memory but that's not really an option considering less then 7GB is used and I have 64GB installed. . .

I'm asking because I regularly transfer (big) 1-5GB files on my computer and don't want it taking up 2-3 hours every time. . .

Thank you in advance

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What file system is the External HDD formatted to?
If it is NTFS, that would explain why it is fast on Windows OS, but slow on Zorin OS.
NTFS is a Windows OS filesystem. Windows OS cannot read/write to EXT4 but Zorin OS can read/write to NTFS by use of translation tools (ntfs-3g).

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I checked it this morning and it is indeed ntfs.
So I should format it to for example fat32?

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exFAT, actually. FAT32 is limited in size support and cannot handle over 4 gigs in size.

If this is an option for you, by all means. That is great.

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Thank you very much!
I formatted the drive immediately to exfat. After installing the needed exfat-fuse files.

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Any change in speed?

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